Manny Ramirez Retires

• osu45804

  

  http://twitter.com/SI_JoeLemire/status/56450663621726208
  
  Per release, MLB contacted Manny about an issue under its drug program. Manny retired rather than continue with the process.
  
  http://twitter.com/SI_JoeLemire/status/56451366381559808
• JerseyBuck

  

  MLB just sent out a press release. Buster Olney confirmed via twitter
  
  Buster Olney
  @Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
  Wow: The news from MLB -- Manny Ramirez has retired. More to come.
• gorocks99

  

  lol wut? Manny being Manny.
• Laley23

  

  LOL, in true Manny fashion....
• osu45804

  

  Another drug offense of any kind would have resulted in a 100 game suspension for Manny so he decides to retire..... Chances he comes back next year?
• SportsAndLady

  

  Haha awesome
• Lovejoy1984

  

  osu45804;736387 wrote:Another drug offense of any kind would have resulted in a 100 game suspension for Manny so he decides to retire..... Chances he comes back next year?

  
  The suspension will still be there, so I doubt there is any chance he comes back.
• sleeper

  

  Great player or greatest player?
• friendfromlowry

  Manny being retired
• jordo212000

  

  Wonder how he'll try and explain why he was taking women's fertility drugs this time?
• Mulva

  

  jordo212000;736463 wrote:Wonder how he'll try and explain why he was taking women's fertility drugs this time?

  
  
• j_crazy

  

  The question is will he stop taking steroids now?
• Art Modell

  

  sleeper;736423 wrote:Great player or greatest player?

  
  None of the above.
• Ironman92

  

  Very simple...he was GREAT.....proven to be using roids.......was quite mediocre afterwards....more roids again.
  
  Why people loved him is beyond me.
  
  Multiple times getting drilled for roids....CHECK
  
  Quit completely on a team...for more than 1 team...CHECK
  
  Ridiculously aloof....CHECK
  
  I LOVE to appreciate how great players were....even some who cheated....but I just can't appreciate how great he may have been...can't and won't do it.
  
  I'm glad he has a zillion dollars.
• Laley23

  

  Ironman92;736565 wrote:Very simple...he was GREAT.....proven to be using roids.......was quite mediocre afterwards....more roids again.

  
  He was also GREAT as a young man, and mediocre as a 35+ year old man. You could make that assumption just as easily.
  
  What Ive always admired is his ability to know what pitch is coming. He guesses more than most guys out there and is often right. He has a tremendous eye, and always hit for a high average. To be quite honest, the last thing I think of when I think of Manny is power. I also loved how he would always get the RBI.
• devil1197

  I liked him when he was with Cleveland, was he on roids then?
  
  I just don't remember him being that lazy and not motivated with the Indians.
• like_that

  

  devil1197;736570 wrote:I liked him when he was with Cleveland, was he on roids then?
  
  I just don't remember him being that lazy and not motivated with the Indians.

  
  I was just about to say, I obviously liked him with the Tribe as well. He just went out and played hard, steroids or not. He couldn't speak english at all. When he learned how to speak english, all of a sudden he became very goofy, and started doing stupid shit. He learned the concept of being a prima donna athlete that chases money. I started to hate Manny after he turned down a lucrative deal with the Tribe for another lucrative deal with the sox. I hated the sox even more for it, and my hatred has done nothing but grown for the sox since then. That deal was also when i started to lose respect for Bud Selig, the MLB, and its structure. That was just the beginning of the downfall of baseball imo.
• Laley23

  

  In Mannys defense on the BoSox deal, its been reported and seems to be true that the Players Union basically forced him into the deal and Manny wanted to stay in Cleveland.
• Ironman92

  

  His numbers and abilities and hitting knowledge were all great and upper echelon.....but I have trouble getting over quitting on teams and the being drilled 2 times for roids alleviates some of his rbi per game seasons in my eyes.
  
  Manny is how awesome you want your son to be.....you just don't want your son to be him or damn near anything about him.
• Footwedge

  Omar Vizquel commented today on Manny....and called him one of the hardest workers...and dedicated players that he ever played with. He wasn't just blowing smoke up Manny's ass...but cited his daily work ethic.
• Laley23

  

  Footwedge;736603 wrote:Omar Vizquel commented today on Manny....and called him one of the hardest workers...and dedicated players that he ever played with. He wasn't just blowing smoke up Manny's ass...but cited his daily work ethic.

  
  I think most would agree he was a different player completely with the Indians versus all others...
• Trueblue23

  

  LOL I'm not even a baseball fan and I'm not surprised.
• royal_k

  

  Anyone that says he wasn't a great player is blind or didn't watch him play. He was born to hit and will go down as one of the best RH hitters of all time. I would call that great. The steroids came after he became a great hitter and probably shortened his career and definately ruined his reputation.
• HitsRus

  

  Footwedge;736603 wrote:Omar Vizquel commented today on Manny....and called him one of the hardest workers...and dedicated players that he ever played with. He wasn't just blowing smoke up Manny's ass...but cited his daily work ethic.

  
  +1
  Manny was a great player and one of the most feared hitters in his day. Sad to see it end this way for him, even if it is his own fault...tragic in the classical sense of the word.
• Ironman92

  

  When does everyone believe the steroid use began?